Whiptips – unusual beads

by kath_red on January 29, 2007

in News+Letters

Whiptips craft advice column for readers to ask questions or offer advice by leaving comments. Whiptips archive here. Questions to whiptips@gmail.com.

pendlerpiken writes in:

I hope someone can help me: Quite recently, I found a link to an online store selling, among other things, beads that look like old-fashioned typewriter keys. I took a note of the site’s address, and thought I bookmarked it as well, but both have now mysteriously disappeared.

I am fairly certain I found this through a blog, but I am not able to find the link (or the blog) again. Does anyone out there have any tips? There must be others who would LOVE to have these beads…

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{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Sarah Jackson January 29, 2007 at 7:01 am
2 The Other Elle January 29, 2007 at 7:15 am

Banzailibrarian has some for sale at her shop on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=488692

Are these they?

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3 pendlerpiken January 29, 2007 at 2:59 pm

Thank you! Those are excactly what I needed :)
Hooray!

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4 Laura Haney January 30, 2007 at 4:26 am

Westrim published a craft flyer with them, but they are not in the online Westrim catalog, nor did they ever appear at Michael’s or Hobby Lobby. I know they existed, because several magazines featured projects using them in 2006.

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5 Jane Rennie January 30, 2007 at 5:24 am

This is where you will find what you are looking for I think.

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6 Anne January 30, 2007 at 10:33 pm

Sold at Uncommon Goods dot com: actual typewriter keys (I’m pretty sure) encased in metal.

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